"I Think Of Pirates As A Marketplace" is the grabber headline of an interview with John Riccitiello on Kotaku, where the EA CEO discusses the growing trend of using DLC as a fulcrum to prevent piracy and curtail used-game sales. He says "They can steal the disc, but they can't steal the DLC," though a later update acknowledges that piracy of DLC is not actually unheard of. "I don't think anybody should pirate anything," Riccitiello clarifies. "I believe in the artistry of the people who build [the games industry.] I profoundly believe that. And when you steal from us, you steal from them. Having said that, there's a lot of people who do."

Sure. It obviously depends on when you buy it and where you buy it from.

And you would be providing cashflow into the system by buying Game B.

That's great but I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SYSTEM. I care about the developers making the games I like, industry be damned.

It's a legit copy sold by the publisher.

No. A game is only initially a legit copy sold by the publisher. Once you bought it and sold it again, it stopped being that. The publisher and developer don't see any profit from those used sales.

If you're already boot legging stuff wouldn't you just go buy a bootlegged copy of another product you want to sell?

If you're already selling used games, wouldn't you just go buy used games? After all, the whole point of selling your games is to save money and buying used games saves you more money than buying new games.